Best Performers of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Here are the winners and fellow nominees in the performers categories for the 20th Anniversary Lifetime Achievements at the Cosmique Movie Awards.

Male Action Star Career of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Harrison Ford

Nominated

  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Jackie Chan
  • Sean Connery
  • Daniel Craig
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
  • Errol Flynn
  • Hugh Jackman
  • Dwayne Johnson
  • Bruce Lee
  • Steve McQueen
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • John Wayne
  • Bruce Willis

Male Action Role of All Time of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Ian McKellen (as Gandalf) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Nominated

  • Christian Bale (as Batman) – Batman Begins (2005)
  • Chadwick Boseman (as T’Challa / Black Panther) – Black Panther (2018)
  • Daniel Craig (as James Bond) – Casino Royale (2006)
  • Matt Damon (as Jason Bourne) – The Bourne Identity (2002)
  • Chris Evans (as Steve Rogers / Captain America) – Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Errol Flynn (as Robin Hood) – The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Harrison Ford (as Indiana Jones) – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Mark Hamill (as Luke Skywalker) – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
  • Hugh Jackman (as Logan / Wolverine) – X-Men (2000)
  • Peter O’Toole (as T. E. Lawrence) – Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Gregory Peck (as Atticus Finch) – To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  • Chris Pine (as James T. Kirk) – Star Trek (2009)
  • Daniel Radcliffe (as Harry Potter) – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
  • Christopher Reeve (as Superman) – Superman (1978)

Female Action Star Career of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Jamie Lee Curtis

Nominated

  • Kate Beckinsale
  • Neve Campbell
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Gal Gadot
  • Pam Grier
  • Linda Hamilton
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Milla Jovovich
  • Noomi Rapace
  • Zoe Saldana
  • Charlize Theron
  • Sigourney Weaver
  • Michelle Yeoh

Female Action Role of All Time of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Sigourney Weaver (as Ellen Ripley) – Aliens (1986)

Nominated

  • Kate Beckinsale (as Selena) – Underworld (2003)
  • Cate Blanchett (as Galadriel) – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis (as Laurie Strode) – Halloween (2018)
  • Sally Field (as Norma Rae Webster) – Norma Rae (1979)
  • Carrie Fisher (as Leia Organa) – Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
  • Jodie Foster (as Clarice Starling) – The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • Gal Gadot (as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman) – Wonder Woman (2017)
  • Scarlett Johansson (as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow) – Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
  • Angelina Jolie (as Lara Croft) – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
  • Milla Jovovich (as Violet Song Jat Shariff) – Ultraviolet (2006)
  • Jennifer Lawrence (as Katniss Everdeen) – The Hunger Games (2012)
  • Miranda Otto (as Eowyn) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Meryl Streep (as Karen Silkwood) – Silkwood (1983)
  • Emma Watson (as Hermione Granger) – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Male Villain of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • James Earl Jones / David Prouse (as Darth Vader) – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Nominated

  • Lionel Barrymore (as Mr. Potter) – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Johnny Depp (as Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd) – Sweeney Todd (2007)
  • Robert Englund (as Freddy Krueger) – A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
  • Ralph Fiennes (as Lord Voldemort) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
  • Topher Grace (as David Duke) – BlackKklansman (2018)
  • Charles Laughton (as Captain Bligh) – Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
  • Christopher Lee (as Saruman) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • Malcolm McDowell (as Alex De Large) – A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • Ricardo Montalbán (as Khan Noonien Singh) – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
  • Gary Oldman (as Count Dracula) – Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
  • Anthony Perkins (as Norman Bates) – Psycho (1960)
  • Alan Rickman (as Hans Gruber) – Die Hard (1988)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Terminator) – The Terminator (1984)
  • Terrence Stamp (as General Zod) – Superman II (1980)

Female Villain of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Louise Fletcher (as Nurse Ratched) – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Nominated

  • Kathy Bates (as Annie Wilkes) – Misery (1990)
  • Anne Baxter (as Eve Harrington) – All About Eve (1950)
  • Linda Blair (as Regan MacNeil) – The Exorcist (1973)
  • Helena Bonham Carter (as Bellatrix Lestrange) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
  • Glenn Close (as Alex Forrest) – Fatal Attraction (1987)
  • Bette Davis (as Baby Jane Hudson) – Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
  • Faye Dunnaway (as Joan Crawford) – Mommie Dearest (1981)
  • Angela Lansbury (as Mrs. John Iselin) – The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • Lucy Liu (as O-Ren Ishii) – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
  • Rosamund Pike (as Amy Elliott Dunne) – Gone Girl (2014)
  • Florence Pugh (as Dani Ardor) – Midsommar (2019)
  • Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson) – Double Indemnity (1944)
  • Meryl Streep (as Miranda Priestley) – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  • Tilda Swinton (as The White Witch) – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

Sexiest Actor of Yesteryear of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • James Dean

Nominated

  • Montgomery Clift
  • Gary Cooper
  • Troy Donahue
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Errol Flynn
  • Cary Grant
  • William Holden
  • Tab Hunter
  • Gene Kelly
  • Sal Mineo
  • Paul Newman
  • Tyrone Power
  • Robert Redford
  • Rudolph Valentino

Sexiest Actress of Yesteryear of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Audrey Hepburn

Nominated

  • Ingrid Bergman
  • Dorothy Dandridge
  • Catherine Deneuve
  • Paulette Goddard
  • Rita Hayworth
  • Grace Kelly
  • Veronica Lake
  • Gina Lollobrigida
  • Sophia Loren
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Eva Marie Saint
  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Gene Tierney
  • Lana Turner

Sexiest Contemporary Actor of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Ryan Reynolds

Nominated

  • Joe Alwyn
  • Orlando Bloom
  • Matt Bomer
  • Jon Cho
  • Zac Efron
  • Chris Evans
  • Andrew Garfield
  • Henry Golding
  • Nicholas Hoult
  • Michael B. Jordan
  • Michael Pitt
  • Nick Robinson
  • Brandon Routh
  • Ian Somerhalder

Sexiest Contemporary Actress of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Eliza Dushku

Nominated

  • Penélope Cruz
  • Alice Eve
  • Naomie Harris
  • Lily James
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Evangeline Lilly
  • Janelle Monáe
  • Natalie Portman
  • Margot Robbie
  • Zoe Saldana
  • Sharon Stone
  • Charlize Theron
  • Gina Torres
  • Constance Wu

Favorite Out Lesbian/Bi/Trans Actress of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Lily Tomlin

Nominated

  • Meredith Baxter
  • Amanda Bearse
  • Sara Gilbert
  • Marga Gomez
  • Cherry Jones
  • Nancy Kulp
  • Jane Lynch
  • Kelly McGillis
  • Kate McKinnon
  • Kristy McNichol
  • Sarah Paulson
  • Jenny Shimizu
  • Wanda Sykes
  • Holland Taylor

Favorite Out Gay/Bi/Trans Actor of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Neil Patrick Harris

Nominated

  • John Barrowman
  • Simon Callow
  • Montgomery Clift
  • Wilson Cruz
  • Thomas Dekker
  • Harvey Fierstein
  • Victor Garber
  • Tom Hulce
  • Tommy Kirk
  • Paul Lynde
  • Ian McKellen
  • Jim Parsons
  • Ben Whishaw
  • Bowen Yang

Favorite Trans or Non-Binary Performer of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Elliot Page

Nominated

  • Calpernia Addams
  • Alexis Arquette
  • Chaz Bono
  • Cassandra Cass
  • Candis Cayne
  • Laverne Cox
  • Our Lady J
  • Justin Vivian Bond
  • Amanda Lapore
  • Ts Madison
  • Nicole Maines
  • Peppermint
  • Lachlan Watson
  • Holly Woodlawn

Best Child Actor’s Transition to Adult Stardom of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Nominated

  • Christian Bale
  • Jason Bateman
  • Jeff Bridges
  • Jackie Coogan
  • Jackie Cooper
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Ryan Gosling
  • Neil Patrick Harris
  • Freddie Highmore
  • Ron Howard
  • Daniel Radcliffe
  • Mickey Rooney
  • Kurt Russell
  • Elijah Wood

Best Child Actress’ Transition to Adult Stardom of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Winner

  • Jodie Foster

Nominated

  • Drew Barrymore
  • Mayim Bialik
  • Laura Dern
  • Susan Dey
  • Judy Garland
  • Helen Hunt
  • Anna Kendrick
  • Mila Kunis
  • Chloe Grace Moretz
  • Tatum O’Neal
  • Christina Ricci
  • Kiernan Shipka
  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Emma Watson

Best Film Ensemble of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Already in the Hall of Fame: The Women (1939)

Winner

  • Clue (1985)

Nominated

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
  • The Big Chill (1983)
  • Ghostbusters (2016)
  • Gosford Park (2001)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
  • Les Misérables (2012)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Love Actually (2003)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Noises Off (1992)
  • Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
  • Ragtime (1981)

Additional 20th Anniversary Awards